منابع مشابه
VAN earthquake predictions - an attempt at statistical evaluation
Statistical verification of the VAN or SES (seismic electric signals) predictions from 1987-1989 is considered. The test is carried out with the updated ruies proposed by Varotsos et al. [1996]. Although for the Greek (SI-NOA) earthquake catalog the VAN method formally is successful, this high rate of success is due either to the retroactive adjustment of prediction rules or to the non-randomne...
متن کاملHow was Felt Van Earthquake by a Neighbor University Hospital?
OBJECTIVES Natural disasters, which are defined as events causing great damage or loss of life, are events of natural origin unpreventable by human beings that occur in a short period of time and lead to loss of life and property. The aim of the study is to analyze which patient groups and problems at a university hospital after the earthquakes in Van. METHODS For the purposes of this study, ...
متن کامل[Evaluation of the patients in Van Training and Research Hospital following the 2011 Van earthquake in Turkey].
BACKGROUND On 23 October 2011, an earthquake occurred in the city of Van, Turkey. This earthquake was an enormous devastating disaster and caused mass casualties. The descriptive analysis presented here serves as a reference not only for the present injury profile but also for future disaster response. METHODS This is a retrospective study based on the medical records of earthquake victims ad...
متن کاملPerformance of industrial facilities and lifelines during the October 23rd, 2011 Van, Turkey Earthquake
Damage to essential facilities (e.g. lifelines and industrial facilities) due to extreme loads may cause remarkable indirect impact as well as direct physical loss. Hence understanding seismic performance of essential facilities is very important in high seismic risk regions. On October 23, 2011 an earthquake of magnitude Mw7.2 occurred in Van province in eastern Turkey. Several damages occurre...
متن کاملRole of the Vision Van, a mobile ophthalmic outpatient clinic, in the Great East Japan Earthquake
PURPOSE The Great East Japan Earthquake of March 11, 2011 triggered powerful tsunami waves off the northeastern Pacific coast of Japan that destroyed almost all of the built-up areas along the coast. The study reported here examined the role played by the Vision Van, a mobile outpatient ophthalmological clinic, in providing eye care to disaster evacuees. METHODS This was a retrospective case-...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Nature
سال: 1881
ISSN: 0028-0836,1476-4687
DOI: 10.1038/024238b0